it turned out my sources were correct as the case against torrez was put on the fast track.s walked into court for almost two years charged with killing 15-year-old sierra lamar but never entering a plea in that time. >> it's languished for awhile. i'm not happy but i hope it will speed it up. >> reporter: talking about the grand jury indictment of torrez which will eliminate a lengthy preliminary hearing. instead the prosecutor will ask the judge to set a trial date. >> the grand jury said there is enough evidence to take this case to a trial. that does not mean this case can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and that's the key at a jury trial. >> reporter: legal analyst stephen clark says prosecutors need to find sierra lamar's body to seal the case. our cameras caught divers looking for evidence last week at hidden farm lake in morgan hills. the sheriff's office said they were not looking for evidence but rather training. tonight, an admission from the sheriff. >> any time someone calls, we will followup on it. so we were out there. we were acting on a tip, and it was

garcia torrez has not entered a plea at that time. that changes tomorrow when he faces a new murder charge from the indictment. >> there was enough indictment to take this case to a trial. that does not mean that this case can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and that's the key at a jury trial. >> the defense will argue there can be no murder without a body and while you'll see the dive team again. >> we continually look to sierra. we'll react again to public information about where we should search. we would like to find sierra. hidden farm like is half a mile from the suspect's home in morgan hill but the sheriff's concede the divers found no new evidence in their dive last week and do have a new tool in the state of the art side scan sonar that can better detent the body in murky waters. the volunteer coordinator at morgan hill tells me her team goes out and 25 people or so every saturday searching for sierra lamar. she doesn't think that this indictment has reinvigorated that search. she certainly hopes so and tomorrow when gar

hat trick for joe instant impact from torrez.aking on the fliers who get boo by the home crowd tonight. first game of the season after acl surgery on right bound there. 2 goal in the return and didn't get a medal for team usa in sochi but 3 goal in the second period. that for the year and sharks roll to victory 7-3. eric now just hours away from withining the face of mlb contest in twitter leading wright in the finals 54-46 percent. i'm projecting a win right now. voting in tomorrow 5:00 a.m. pacific time. asleep back eas east. cactus league action. vl deep in the first at bat since last year suspension. off malone 2 innings 3 run. josh reddick yesterday may have locked up catch of the year already. how about catch of the day? there's kevin madison of the brewers robbing barton. less 11-3. right back with college hoop and salute mayhem on the court at the end of this game. court at the end of this game. that's coming up next. >> tournament time almost here. cal women try to lock down 2 seed. miss gray went off. she really went of

hat trick for joe instant impact from torrez. philadelphia taking on the fliers who get boo by the home crowd tonight. first game of the season after acl surgery on right bound there. 2 goal in the return and didn't get a medal for team usa in sochi but 3 goal in the second period. that for the year and sharks roll to victory 7-3. eric now just hours away from withining the face of mlb contest in twitter leading wright in the finals 54-46 percent. i'm projecting a win right now. voting in tomorrow 5:00 a.m. pacific time. asleep back eas east. cactus league action. vl deep in the first at bat since last year suspension. off malone 2 innings 3 run. josh reddick yesterday may have locked up catch of the year already. how about catch of the day? there's kevin madison of the brewers robbing barton. less 11-3. right back with college hoop and salute mayhem on the court at the end of this game. court at the end of this game. that's coming up next. is that millions of peoplef reda will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to

hat trick for joe instant impact from torrez. philadelphia taking on the fliers who get boo by the home crowd tonight. first game of the season after acl surgery on right bound there. 2 goal in the return and didn't get a medal for team usa in sochi but 3 goal in the second period. that for the year and sharks roll to victory 7-3. eric now just hours away from withining the face of mlb contest in twitter leading wright in the finals 54-46 percent. i'm projecting a win right now. voting in tomorrow 5:00 a.m. pacific time. asleep back eas east. cactus league action. vl deep in the first at bat since last year suspension. off malone 2 innings 3 run. josh reddick yesterday may have locked up catch of the yeacatchf the day? there's kevin madison of the brewers robbing barton. less 11-3. right back with college hoop and salute mayhem on the court at the end of this game. court at the end of this game. that's coming up next. >> tournament time almost here. cal women try to lock down 2 seed. miss gray went off. she really went off. she h

detectives say they arrested 25- year-old nester torrez, and blanka torrez last tuesday.are both from oakland. on friday, they arrested clifton thomas of san francisco, and 34-year-old jasmine ward, also of san francisco. hong win was found dead. the suspects are booked for homicide, and robbery. >>> a hearing addressed the issue of fraud involving service dogs. the department of fair employment and housing says it hears claims of websites with quick steps to access a service dog vest, without requiring much in the way of proof of disability. >> anyone can create a vest, or tag, or certificate, saying this is an assistive animal. that is the cause of the whole problem. >> one lawmaker says he will be reviewing the issue, and the process author thousandizing the use of service dogs. >>> thousands came to hear the dalai lama speak. he told the crowd success follows good works. >> activities can be honest [ inaudible ] >> dalai lama shared stories from his boyhood days, by pulling on his mother's ears, as she carried him on her back. he concluded his visit with a private vis

detectives say they arrested 25- year-old nester torrez, and blanka torrez last tuesday.e both from oakland. on friday, they arrested clifton thomas of san francisco, and 34-year-old jasmine ward, also of san francisco. hong win was found dead. the suspects are booked for homicide, and robbery. >>> a hearing addressed the issue of fraud involving service dogs. the department of fair employment and housing says it hears claims of websites with quick steps to access a service dog vest, without requiring much in the way of proof of disability. >> anyone can create a vest, or tag, or certificate, saying this is an assistive animal. that is the cause of the whole problem. >> one lawmaker says he will be reviewing the issue, and the process author thousandizing the use of service dogs. >>> thousands came to hear the dalai lama speak. he told the crowd success follows good works. >> activities can be honest [ inaudible ] >> dalai lama shared stories from his boyhood days, by pulling on his mother's ears, as she carried him on her back. he concluded his visit with a private visit

torrez has been sitting in a jail for almost two years now. prosecutors claim dna evidence links him to sierra's 2012 disappearance. this indictment names him in her kidnapping and murder and south bay women in 2009. garcia torrez will appear later in court this week to answer to that indictment. sierra lamar's body has yet to be found. last week we showed you photographs of a dive team looking for her. information uncovered during that grand jury investigation prompted police and dive crews to go out to this location. we're not revealing the name of the lake in order to protect the integrity of the search for that evidence. >>> new at 6:00 a dangerous prank is on the rise. thousands of pilots every year have lasers shined inside the cockpit and it's problematic here in the bay area. now the fbi is getting involved. chase cane joins us and chase, money talks, how much will the fbi be giving out? >> reporter: $10,000, raj, is the reward being offered at select fbi offices and although the bay area is not included, this is a two-month pilot prog

and i'll be there again cohosting right along with ben fong torrez. >>> we've got a nice bay area weekend to talk about. some may see some showers. you can see it's not very strong. not a lot of moisture with it. it's going to cut off from the jet. it's going to drop down the coast and it's going to kick in like this. as it drops right in front of us this is sunday. it could spin up a few showers and that's what you will see on the computer model when we showed it to you here in just a few second. these are the temperatures outside right now. not as windy as it was last night. the winter kind of dying down. with less wind, overnight lows are going to be able to get down there. we're going to see freezing temperatures. it's blowing pretty good there. the mostly clear outside it's going to be cool tonight. and as we get into your bay area sunday, this is a system i'm tracking. okay there's a chance of showers as we head into sunday. so we'll watch that. the forecast for this season, the one that went through yesterday to clear out. as it does it leaves a little bit of a treasure rating behi

and i'll be there again cohosting right along with ben fong torrez. >>> we've got a nice bay area weekendtalk about. some may see some showers. you can see it's not very strong. not a lot of moisture with it. it's going to cut off from the jet. it's going to drop down the coast and it's going to kick in like this. as it drops right in front of us this is sunday. it could spin up a few showers and that's what you will see on the computer model when we showed it to you here in just a few second. these are the temperatures outside right now. not as windy as it was last night. the winter kind of dying down. with less wind, overnight lows are going to be able to get down there. we're going to see freezing temperatures. it's blowing pretty good there. the mostly clear outside it's going to be cool tonight. and as we get into your bay area sunday, this is a system i'm tracking. okay there's a chance of showers as we head into sunday. so we'll watch that. the forecast for this season, the one that went through yesterday to clear out. as it does it leaves a little bit of a treasure rating behind.

this is a half mile from where the suspected killer's mother lived and where garcia-torrez used to go fishing. divers have searched the lake several times before, most recently on february 11th, the same day the grand jury indicted him on one count of murder and three counts of attempted kidnapping and carjacking. >> we looked in the lake multiple times and we're confident we don't have any evidence items that are in that lake. >> reporter: the dive team was training here because it's one of the few lakes that have enough water for zero visibility training without need for a boat and without getting the attention of the curious public. still, he said, if someone gives investigators a reason to focus on the search for sierra at that lake again, they will do it. >> we're constantly looking for tips. if people have tips, we'll act upon them. >> reporter: volunteers go out every saturday and many thursdays. one volunteer coordinators hopes sheriffs investigators know more than they are telling the public. >> i hope they are on to something. >> reporter: the judge in this case has ordered

police arrested garcia torrez two months later. now he's been indicted for sierra kidnapping and murder as well as series of violent attacks on south bay women in 2009. charges in the indictment replace previous charges filed by the district attorney's office. >> east bay man kept female relative as sex slave 15 long years sentenced to 22 years in state prison. raul choke convicted now sentenced for keeping a girl hostage for 15 years of her young life. vick lee has the story from richmond. >> i'm not sure any number is ever going to possibly satisfy the harm that he did to this person. >> but the plea bargain 22 year sentence spared the victim from the trauma of having to face him in court and relive the horror of the past 15 years as sex slave. richmond police captain geoghan understands why the plea agreement was made but also questions if the punishment fits the crime. >> when you look at the fact it was only 22 years. it really is on one hand disappointing and if you really think about what she went through it's appalling that

torrez was arrested two months after that 15-year-old disappeared. police say her dna was found in the car and his dna was found on her clothing. her body has never been found. friends say this hearing today brings justice one step closer for the family. >> haven't had answer ins two years. one person that we know of that has the answers and is not sharing it. it's difficul difficult. >>reporter: hearing to set a trial date and to hear defense motion to keep the grand jury transcript sealed is set for april the 16th. >> we obtained surveillance video of the latest fatal accident in san francisco. we only show you part of the video before the impact. you can see the victim on the sidewalk at about 1:00 a.m. on wednesday. man then begins to jay walk across van ness avenue there he goes. freeze it here. seconds later the car strikes the man and sends him hurdling across the street. man killed. driver due in court tomorrow on felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter charges. he's been was out on bill on grand theft charge when this happened. >> more

torrez alone in front. second goal of the night. logan back from injury.ent time almost here. cal women looking lock down 2 seed in pack 12 and myself gray went off tonight. she had 32 points at the half. lindsay couldn't have drawn this up any better. if she gets fired up. 32 of the team 43 points in the first half. friend of 15 shingt at half time vl great finish with 43 points and 16 board but they went to over time. britney had 8 of the 13. triple double for buddy. 13 points. 14 poured. 11 assist as cal survives against washington state 75-68. stanford women best team in the conference looking for pay back. loss came from work to be. with her older sister in the w nba. 21 in the first half. fish was there points. scores at will and stanford rolls 83-60. how about the me men? saint mary in portland. pumped up in moraga. first half. so cute. 3 on 1. steven holt. gale by 4 at the break. if where is wald o. tl holt straight away three. led all score with 26. st. mary's now 21 and 9 and 70-61 the time. santa clara oh, brothers they have lost 9 of the last 1

chief torrez said the department is doing the best with the resources it has but to meet those requirementsalls in eight minutes, it needs more resources. after years of inaccurate data, he said the san jose fire's real response time for the county is around 83%. >>> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, call us at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay" including how much more rain can we expect. >>> and here's a view right now from emeryville. we can see the rain really coming down, especially in the north bay and across the peninsula and east bay. a full look at your forecast coming right up. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal. so we made our own commercial to tell you why. first, chex makes lots of gluten free flavors. which is a huge thing for us. and there's seven to choose from. like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. i tell them "you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex!" i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. when you find something this good, you want to spread the word

adriana hernandez and her daughter claudia torrez were sleeping in the front room of this house wheny were startled awake by an explosion. hernandez niece had fallen through the floor onto the ground level of the house and tried to crawl to safety where neighbors had gathered to see what happened. >> when i smelled the smoke, in my mind i wanted to get my daughter, my niece and her girlfriend out of the building but i couldn't find my niece. >> hernandez was stunned to find an urn containing her mother's ashes still intact after the blast. a fire department spokesman says a gas explosion caused the fire. >>> we had a series of storms headed towards the bay area, we will take a closer look at that coming up right after th >>> well, we've been waiting for rain and janu arasu says we will only have to wait a few more days. >> we have another few days, however, of sunshine in store for us, this is a view from the golden gate bridge camera, the fog starting to rise a bit. temperatures in the 60s and 70s once again, still mild as we start the workweek, but we do have some changes to talk a